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Questions tagged [firefox-profile]

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How do you find out what Firefox Profile is running when Firefox is running?

Is there a variable, or an about:config setting, or an add-on that will tell you what Firefox profile you are running when Firefox is running? So I can come back to Firefox like 3 days later and know that these Windows are for this and those…
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Firefox has two default profiles: "default-release" and "default". Which one should I choose?

Guess what, "default" is not my default profile. That would be "default-release". Can I delete "default"? What's the reason for the double profile?
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Starting Firefox with a specified profile from the dock (Mac OS X)

I have different Firefox profiles for each version I have installed on my system and I know I can specify the profile name I want to use like this: /Applications/Minefield.app/Contents/MacOS/firefox-bin -P minefield Is it possible to create a dock…
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How can I export & import firefox addons settings

Is is possible to export (and import) firefox addons settings? I mean addons data. not their installable .xpi. For example, I've collected a custom blacklist for AdBlock on my Windows, and I want to have it on my Ubuntu
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Create Firefox Profile via Command Line

Is it possible to create Firefox profiles via the command line? I need to programatically launch Firefox with different proxy settings. From my understanding, I can do this via creating a profile. However, I don't want to create these profiles…
sKIPper76
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How to configure firefox built-in pdf viewer

I want to configure my pdf.js in Firefox. Specifically, I want to set the default zoom from auto to something else, say 150%. I found a pdfjs.database in about:config, which has a "zoom":"auto" in that table. I changed auto to 150% but nothing…
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How can I set different taskbar icons for Firefox profiles in Windows 7?

Is there a way to have different taskbar icons for two different Firefox profiles? I have two shortcuts which point to bat scripts which launch Firefox profiles in following manner: start "" "D:\Program Files (x86)\Mozilla Firefox\Firefox.exe"…
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How do I pin more than one instance of Firefox to my taskbar?

I have several Firefox profiles and I have them pinned to my taskbar. Since i installed windows 7 SP1 I can no longer have both there. Is there a way to fix this so that I can have multiple instances of the same program pinned at once?
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Firefox 29 - how do I delete history entries visited fewer than x times

Context: I've been using my Firefox profile for a couple of years now. My history file has become huge, naturally. I got Firefox Sync set up between my main desktop PC and my laptop. HW configs: PC: i5-3450, 8 GB DDR3 RAM, Crucial M4 128 GB…
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Move Firefox user settings to another folder on same machine

Due to company restrictions where I currently work, My windows users folder %USERPROFILE% is space restricted. I get a warning that I must delete files before I can log off. Because of that, I have moved everything else out of my profile folder…
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Is it safe to drop part of mozilla profile from the backup?

I have the problem, that my backup is flooded by mozilla's firefox' profiles. I have only one user with multiple profiles. The thing is that firefox saves various data in sqlite files etc that just are updated. I use a rsnapshot-based backup…
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Firefox "send tab" across different profiles?

I would like to keep my work profile and private profile on Firefox mostly separate (bookmarks, stored logins, browsing history), but still be able to send tabs between devices. Is such a thing possible in current versions of Firefox?
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Firefox is already running, but not responding

I am using two Icedove (Thunderbird) profiles. I am starting the profiles with following commands: icedove -P "default" %u icedove -P "test" -no-remote --class test %u When I click on a link (URL) in the "default" Icedove (Thunderbird) profile,…
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Use Firefox profile manager without changing default profile

I use different Firefox profiles for different things. (This is Firefox 16.0.2) I have one general-purpose profile that I use for normal web browsing, plus some others for other things (e.g., javascript hacking). What I want to have is two…
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How to Set a Running Instance of Firefox as the "Default Browser"

Salvete! In Firefox we can create multiple profiles and have multiple instances of Firefox running, each with its own addons and customizations. So I have two profiles - one for browsing and one for development. My problem is that after I have…
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